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A Sword Without a Hilt: A Song of Ice and Fire/D&D 3.5 Crossover

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@Goldfish, how much for an item of Planar Adaptation? I would really like to give them some more stuff to work with, but constant 3d10 fire damage ate problematic if you are not immune.
 
Azel said:
I was thinking about sending the two Very Old Myrkdreki who don't yet have an assignment along. They have the necessary slots.

Though I'm puzzling over how to get planar adaptations rolled out.
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We actually already have that issue solved. Back when we were planning to take the Adamantine mine from the Efreeti, we crafted a command-activated item for our mortal minions to use so they could exist comfortably in the Plane of Fire. I forgot to add it to the Strategic Assets section of the Armory, but I can do that when I get home this evening.

It use an Attune Form effect at 6th level in order to affect two people per activation. The effect lasts for 24 hours.
 
Goldfish said:
We actually already have that issue solved. Back when we were planning to take the Adamantine mine from the Efreeti, we crafted a command-activated item for our mortal minions to use so they could exist comfortably in the Plane of Fire. I forgot to add it to the Strategic Assets section of the Armory, but I can do that when I get home this evening.

It use an Attune Form effect at 6th level in order to affect two people per activation. The effect lasts for 24 hours.
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Perfect.

Also, why didn't you take the mine?
 
Azel said:
Perfect.

Also, why didn't you take the mine?
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Too many other irons in the fire, the possibility of drawing too much attention too soon and not enough long term support from the Djinn and Shaitan to hold the mine, and the lack of need, since we had other more readily available sources of Adamantine from all the captured Efreeti ships.
 
Azel said:
Perfect.

Also, why didn't you take the mine?
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Goldfish said:
Too many other irons in the fire, the possibility of drawing too much attention too soon and not enough long term support from the Djinn and Shaitan to hold the mine, and the lack of need, since we had other more readily available sources of Adamantine from all the captured Efreeti ships.
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That mine's not going anywhere, we can come back for it later.

Hopefully the Grand Sultan will be proud enough to send an even bigger force of Turtle Ships to defend the mines, which we can then loot.
 
Going to wait for the results of poking for the Metalclad Template for Undead before finalizing the force. We might need to send someone to Ibben to get a few whale carcasses.
 
egoo said:
@Duesal, I'm adding them to the next month's summoning.

This one question made me keeping tabs on questioning for names a fair bit harder :/
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Sorry about that. I'll keep it min mind myself for later

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Adhoc vote count started by DragonParadox on Mar 13, 2020 at 12:18 PM, finished with 51 posts and 10 votes.
  • [X] Plan Devil Wrangling
    -[X] 10x Gaav / Lesser Host Devils
    --[X] They will serve as teleporting messengers and couriers under the Erinyes, who will ensure their good behaviour.
    -[X] 9x Ink Devils
    --[X] 3x SD Library (oversight by Erinyes)
    --[X] 2x Mantarys Scholarium (oversight by Archons)
    --[X] 2x a non-critical clergy job in Volantis (oversight according to Zherys suggestions)
    --[X] 1x accounting duties under Salladhor Saan
    --[X] 1x accounting duties under Khal Rhango
    -[X] 1x Falxugon / Harvester Devil
    --[X] Have him work as patsy for Intrigue work
    -[X] 3x Legion Devil
    --[X] Assignment with the previously recruited Legion Devils as combat reserve for the Inquisition.
    -[X] 4x Salikotal / Vengeance Devil
    --[X] Assignment as killers for the Inquisitorial Stormtroopers.
    -[X] 1x Gelugon / Ice Devil
    --[X] Leading a sabotage and asymmetric warfare force in the PoF (details TBD)
    -[X] 2x Steel Devil, 3x Lead Devil, 6x Salikotal
    --[X] Part of the Gelugons force.
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@Azel While Steel and Lead Devils have their uses, they are both slow as hell, with no flight or teleport.
Sure those are the best for asymetric warfare?

I mean, they could support a raider ship on the burning sea, but they are very much in danger of ending up taking bath.
 
Artemis1992 said:
@Azel While Steel and Lead Devils have their uses, they are both slow as hell, with no flight or teleport.
Sure those are the best for asymetric warfare?

I mean, they could support a raider ship on the burning sea, but they are very much in danger of ending up taking bath.
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I'm considering it. It depends on the Metal-Clad template and thus what I have to work with in regards to Undead auxiliaries.
 
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Adhoc vote count started by DragonParadox on Mar 13, 2020 at 12:18 PM, finished with 51 posts and 10 votes.
  • [X] Plan Devil Wrangling
    -[X] 10x Gaav / Lesser Host Devils
    --[X] They will serve as teleporting messengers and couriers under the Erinyes, who will ensure their good behaviour.
    -[X] 9x Ink Devils
    --[X] 3x SD Library (oversight by Erinyes)
    --[X] 2x Mantarys Scholarium (oversight by Archons)
    --[X] 2x a non-critical clergy job in Volantis (oversight according to Zherys suggestions)
    --[X] 1x accounting duties under Salladhor Saan
    --[X] 1x accounting duties under Khal Rhango
    -[X] 1x Falxugon / Harvester Devil
    --[X] Have him work as patsy for Intrigue work
    -[X] 3x Legion Devil
    --[X] Assignment with the previously recruited Legion Devils as combat reserve for the Inquisition.
    -[X] 4x Salikotal / Vengeance Devil
    --[X] Assignment as killers for the Inquisitorial Stormtroopers.
    -[X] 1x Gelugon / Ice Devil
    --[X] Leading a sabotage and asymmetric warfare force in the PoF (details TBD)
    -[X] 2x Steel Devil, 3x Lead Devil, 6x Salikotal
    --[X] Part of the Gelugons force.
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Part MMMCCCLXXXVII: Paper and Promises
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    • Paper and Promises ​

    Twentieth Day of the Twelfth Month 293 AC

    Alinor looks up from her desk with a familiar smile as she waves you into a seat, as she always does. It is only after sitting down that you notice the sheets in front of her are not parchment but Yi Tish rice paper. "Ah, a new tool by which to impose your iron will upon the Empire," you proclaim grandly.

    She gives you a long suffering look just shy of rolling her eyes at you. "I hope no one was actually listening to that or it might just start a rumor more frustrating than the one where I'm supposedly sleeping with you."

    "Varys says there isn't any mind near enough to listen in," you counter after a moment of communing with your familiar. "Did the expedition secure the secret of its making, as they had hoped?"

    "Yes, just last week. Diana said the more mercantile interests at court are looking upon our bookkeeping with some favor, by which I suppose she means they don't consider us unredeemable barbarians," she replies dryly. Braavosi pride may not be as prickly and particular as the Volantene, but it is no less sharp in the end. "It's not actually made of rice, you know, but from the bark of a sort of mullbery tree. The leshies have secured seeds."

    "Excellent," you nod, smiling at the pleasant thought of greater administrative efficiency. Even the smallest improvement counts if it is replicated a hundred-thousand times over and this is not a small thing. Still, not all of Alinor's work is quite so mundane. There are not many you would trust with the task of smoothly integrating baatezu into the mechanisms of the realm. "How have the newly called been adjusting to their duties and freedoms?"

    "One little flying one, a gaav, were disruptive of a religious ceremony three days ago. The priest was preaching against the ever present dangers of sin and the horrors of Hell. The devil took it upon himself to point out that Hell was considerably less dull then the man's notion of virtue. Since this was in a village in Andalos, where they barely know what a low mage is, the result was predictably violent. The Legion commander who finally restored order was not best pleased, but he was able to do it without killing anyone at least."

    You sigh, though you cannot say you are surprised. Loyal does not mean entirely sensible, or for that matter respectful of mortals. It is hardly illegal to heckle in public, after all. Hopefully, the erinyes in whose service the host devil had been placed in would curb its sharp tongue in the future.

    "Otherwise they have all been doing good work, even the one assigned to Mantarys, though he does tend to get into spirited philosophical debates apparently." Alinor masks a giggle at the notion of a devil serving angels under a worldly kingship.

    10x Gaav / Lesser Host Devils
    All will serve as teleporting messengers and couriers under the erinyes, who will ensure their good behavior.

    9x Ink Devils
    3x SD Library (oversight by Erinyes)
    2x Mantarys Scholarum (oversight by Archons)
    2x non-critical clergy jobs in Volantis (oversight according to Zherys suggestions)
    1x accounting duties under Salladhor Saan
    1x accounting duties under Khal Rhango

    1x Falxugon / Harvester Devil
    Have him work as patsy for intrigue work

    3x Legion Devil
    Assignment with the previously recruited Legion Devils as combat reserve for the Inquisition

    4x Salikotal / Vengeance Devil
    Assignment as killers for the Inquisitorial Stormtroopers

    1x Gelugon / Ice Devil
    Leading a sabotage and asymmetric warfare force in the PoF (details TBD)

    2x Steel Devil, 3x Lead Devil, 6x Salikotal
    Part of the gelugons' force

    "Could you look over the commission for this month from the Opaline Vault and Armun Kelisk?" she asks after a moment. "The Astral Currents representative asked for a confirmation of the order before he agreed to the deal on the more expensive items. I think the poor man might be nervous over spending so much all at once. He has just been promoted, his predecessor moved to the diplomatic corps."

    Enchanted Items
    1. 100 Healing Belts: Cost: 150 IM each (Total: 15,000 IM)
    2. 50 Handy Haversack: Cost: 400 IM each (Total: 20,000 IM)
    3. 50 Earrings of Arcane Acuity: Cost 680 IM each (Total: 34,000 IM)
    4. 100 Rings of Protection from Evil: Cost: 800 IM each (Total: 80,000 IM)
    5. 20 Restorative Ointment: Cost: 800 IM each (Total: 16,000 IM)
    6. 30 Amulets of Tongues (1/Day): Cost: 1,080 IM each (Total: 32,400 IM)
    7. 10 Amulets of Tongues (3/Day): Cost: 3,240 IM each (Total: 32,400 IM)
    8. 2 Titan's Tool: Cost: 40,000 per set (Total: 80,000 IM)
    9. 10 Lord's Banner of Swiftness: Cost: 2,000 IM (Total: 20,000 IM)
    10. 8 Lord's Banner of Victory: Cost: 15,000 IM (Total: 120,000 IM)
    Single-Use Charms:
    1. 40 Teleport Charms: Cost: 450 IM each (Total: 18,000 IM)
    2. 40 Plane Shift Charms: Cost: 450 IM each (Total: 18,000 IM)
    3. 50 Sending Stones: Cost: 280 IM each (Total: 14,000 IM)
    Total: 499,800 IM

    Metamagic Rod Commission:
    Lesser Rods:
    1. 10 Lesser Merciful Spell Metamagic Rod: Cost: 300 IM each (Total: 3,000 IM)
    2. 10 Lesser Invisible Spell Metamagic Rod: Cost: 300 IM each (Total: 3,000 IM)
    3. 3 Lesser Delayed Spell Metamagic Rod: Cost: 600 IM each (Total: 1,800 IM)
    4. 3 Lesser Encouraging Spell Metamagic Rod: Cost: 600 IM each (Total: 1,800 IM)
    5. 3 Lesser Selective Spell Metamagic Rod: Cost: 600 IM each (Total: 1,800 IM)
    6. 3 Lesser Threnodic Spell Metamagic Rod: Cost: 1,800 IM each (Total: 5,400 IM)
    7. 3 Lesser Chain Spell Metamagic Rod: Cost: 1,800 IM each (Total: 3,600 IM)
    8. 3 Lesser Familiar Spell Metamagic Rod: Cost: 2,800 IM each (Total: 8,400 IM)
    9. 3 Lesser Maximize Spell Metamagic Rod: Cost: 2,800 IM each (Total: 8,400 IM)
    10. 3 Lesser Quicken Spell Metamagic Rod: Cost: 7,000 IM each (Total: 21,000 IM)
    Total: 58,200 IM
    Standard Rods:
    1. 2 Invisible Spell Metamagic Rod: Cost: 1,100 IM each (Total: 2,200 IM)
    2. 2 Merciful Spell Metamagic Rod: Cost: 1,100 IM each (Total: 2,200 IM)
    3. 1 Delayed Spell Metamagic Rod: Cost: 2,200 IM
    4. 1 Encouraging Spell Metamagic Rod: Cost: 2,200 IM
    5. 1 Threnodic Spell Metamagic Rod: Cost: 6,400 IM
    6. 1 Maximize Spell Metamagic Rod: Cost: 10,800 IM
    Total: 26,000 IM
    Greater Rods:
    1. 1 Greater Merciful Spell Metamagic Rod: Cost: 2,450 IM
    2. 1 Greater Transdimensional Spell Metamagic Rod: Cost: 4,900 IM
    Total: 7,350 IM
    Rod Total: 91,550 IM

    Grand Total: 591,350 IM

    You look over the list carefully before proclaiming it all in order, not that you can blame a newly promoted company man for requesting verification for a sum that outweighs the entire pre-conquest treasury of Tyrosh. "I will see you tonight at Garin's home?"

    "I'm not certain. I have more work than I anticipated..." she begins.

    "One early night will not hurt," you interrupt firmly. "It''s hardly every day a man celebrates being unexpectedly freed of an unspecified divine oath."

    "Ah, so if it were more of a predictable freeing from a god's oath, that would be ordinary?" she jests with a shake of the head. "I'll be there. Between you and Selyse, I would no doubt never hear the end of it otherwise."

    What do you do next?

    [] Receive a report (Interlude series)
    -[] City of Brass Intelligence
    -[] Plane of Earth Investigation
    -[] Yi Ti Expedition
    -[] Write in

    [] Head out to deal with the Houses of the Reach

    [] Perform a minor action
    -[] Write in

    [] Write in

    OOC: Viserys is past doing his own shopping, but this gave me a chance to have a update with Alinor for the first time in quite a while.
     
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